A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers
Chapter 6
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Footnotes:
{23} "He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree; An arrow of a cloth-yard long, Up to the head drew he."
CHEVY CHACE.
{24} See an Essay on this subject by the Hon. Daines Barrington in the Archaeologia.
{42} This sum is now distributed under the title of wood and coal money.
{125} See Starke's Travels.
{135} These altars, dedicated to St. Dunstan and St. Catherine stood, one where the present vestry is, the other in Heyrick's Chancel, so called from its containing the monuments of that antient family.
Transcriber's Notes
Original spelling, punctuation and grammar have been retained in this transcription. The following, however, have been corrected:
page 35: "to to which this chapel" has been corrected to "to which this chapel"
page 35: "joins the the prison" has been corrected to "joins the prison"
page 43: "bridge over the the Canal" has been corrected to "bridge over the Canal"
page 74: "a good and firm rood" has been corrected to "a good and firm road"
page 75: "usefulness of urn-pike tolls" has been corrected to "usefulness of turn-pike tolls"
page 90: "comparative prises of similar articles" has been corrected to "comparative prices of similar articles"
page 93: "the prssent age" has been corrected to "the present age"
page 97: "whieh meets the eye" has been corrected to "which meets the eye"
page 107: "death of he Conqueror" has been corrected to "death of the Conqueror"
page 109: "Henry the the third" has been corrected to "Henry the third"
page 118: "supported by expesne" has been corrected to "supported by expense"
Also note that "have paffed into various hands" (page 47) and "trumpet and baffoon" (page 139) are both as in the book, with the old printer's ff for ss usage.